Chapter 28:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Esther Psalms
Job 28
28:1
Surely there is a vein for the silver,
a
and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].
(
a) His purpose is to declare that man may attain
in this world to various secrets of nature, but man is never able to
comprehend the wisdom of God.
28:3 He setteth an end to
darkness,
b and searcheth out all
perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
(
b) There is nothing but it is compassed within
certain limits, and has an end, but God's wisdom.
28:4 The flood breaketh out from the
c
inhabitant; [even the waters]
d
forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
(
c) Meaning, him that dwells by it.
28:5 [As for] the earth, out of it cometh
e
bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
(
e) That is, come and underneath is brimstone or
coal, which easily conceives fire.
28:6 The stones of it [are] the place
f
of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
(
f) He alludes to the mines and secrets of
nature, which are under the earth, into which neither souls nor beasts can
enter.
28:9 He
putteth forth his hand upon the
g rock;
he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
(
g) After he has declared the wisdom of God in
the secrets of nature he describes his power.
28:12
But where shall wisdom be found?
h and
where [is] the place of understanding?
(
h) Though God's power and wisdom may be
understood in earthly things, yet his heavenly wisdom cannot be attained to.
28:13 Man knoweth not
i
the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
(
i) It is too high a thing for man to attain to
in this world.
28:15 It cannot be gotten
for
k gold, neither shall silver be
weighed [for] the price thereof.
(
k) It can neither be bought for gold nor
precious stones, but is only the gift of God.
28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of
l
pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
(
l) Which was thought to be a king of precious
stone.
28:21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the
m
fowls of the air.
(
m) Meaning that there is no natural means by
which man can attain heavenly wisdom: which he means by the souls, that fly
high.
28:23 God understandeth the
n way thereof, and he knoweth the place
thereof.
(
n) He makes God the only author of this wisdom,
and the giver of it.
28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the
o fear
of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
(
o) He declares that man has as much of this
heavenly wisdom as he shows by fearing God and departing from evil.
Chapter 28:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
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